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New York Law Journal

Tracee Davis Honored With Shira A. Scheindlin Award for Excellence in the Courtroom

The award was presented at a meeting of the New York State Bar Association's Commercial & Federal Litigation Section on Nov. 16.
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New York Law Journal

Legal Aid Honors Willkie Attorney Who Led Fight to Expand Medicaid Coverage for Dental Care, Dechert for Consistent Pro Bono Assistance 

Despite ever-growing evidence that proper oral hygiene is a cornerstone of a person's overall well-being, most states still lack comprehensive care…
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New York Law Journal

SDNY District Executive's Office Gets Courthouse Into the Halloween Spirit 

"It was a perfect representation of my courtroom," U.S. District Judge Jed Rakoff told the Law Journal after having emerged from Friedland's office of horrors. "Just another day at the Southern District."
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New York Law Journal

City Bar Unveils Portrait of Deborah Batts, the Late Federal Judge Remembered for Historic Firsts and Good Humor

Batts died in February 2020 at 72. At the time, Batts was on senior status at the Southern District and was also overseeing its RISE Courts program, which allows offenders to earn reductions in their period of supervised release in exchange for participating in a special rehabilitative program under intensive judicial supervision.
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New York Law Journal

New York City's Housing Court Looks Back on 50 Years of Adjudicating the Big Apple's Landlord-Tenant Disputes

On Oct. 11, the Franklin H. Williams Commission feted the Housing Court, which began as a plan to relieve an overburdened Civil Court of its glut of landlord-tenant matters and which has undergone significant changes in the years since.
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New York Law Journal

Veteran Learned Counsel For Death Penalty Cases Presented With James Duane Awards

The award takes its namesake from the first judge to sit in the Southern District, which was called the the District Court for the District of New York when George Washington appointed Duane to the bench in 1789.
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New York Law Journal

NYC Law Department Welcomes New Class of City Attorneys

The new class joins the 800-attorney New York City Law Department, which serves a sprawling municipal government with more than 300,000 employees, a $100 billion budget, and contracts totaling nearly $37 billion.
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New York Law Journal

31st Annual Henry L. Stimson Medal Presented to Federal Prosecutors at City Bar

Stimson, the namesake for the prestigious award, served as U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York from 1906-09, and as president of the City Bar from 1937-39.
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New York Law Journal

New York State Court System Honors Officers Who Fell During 9/11

New York State Court Officers Captain William Harry Thompson and Sergeants Thomas Jurgens and Mitchel Wallace were killed during rescue efforts at the World Trade Center on Sept. 11, 2001.
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New York Law Journal

Suffolk County DA's Office Welcomes 21 New Assistant DAs

The 21 new prosecutors will undergo a "rigorous months-long" training program designed by DA Raymond Tierney.
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